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Eligibility Criteria

General eligibility requirements are as follows:

Up to four nonprofit organizations may apply together as a cohort (at least two nonprofit organizations are required)

At least two of the organizations in the partnership be a nonprofit, and have a current IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt letter and been operating for more than 5 years (fiscally-sponsored organizations are eligible to be part of the collaborative.

Each organization must demonstrate its competency in being gender-responsive, not only serving women and girls as their target population, but responsibly and effectively meeting the unique needs of women and girls.

A majority of the organizations in the partnership must have at least 50% of voting members of Board of Directors and at least 50% of agency’s senior management staff identify as women. (PLEASE NOTE: General operating money through this grant, however, will only be given to nonprofit or fiscally-sponsored organizations that demonstrate women leadership on Board and staff, as defined above.

Organizations’ missions complement the mission of WOMEN’S WAY

Organizations must demonstrate that WOMEN’S WAY’s support is critical to both the proposed project and each individual organization applying as part of the cohort

Organizations have, or by the time of submitting a full proposal will have, a board-approved non-discrimination policy that meets the requirements of the City of Philadelphia

Please note: Current WWAP grantees are eligible to apply for WWAP 2.0. Additionally, there is no limit to the number of collaborations that organizations can apply to be a part of, but organizations should only submit one application as a lead partner or coordinating entity.